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World Council of Churches elects first women and Soviet bloc leader
The World Council of Churches elected its first female leaders, American Cynthia Wedel and Ghanaian Judge Anni Baeta Jingge, along with Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Nikodim as presidium members. Also named were Archbishop Olof Sunby, Rev. Dr. J Miguez Bonino, and Gen Tahibonar Simatupang to reflect regional and denominational balance.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Assembly of the World Council of Churches
World Council
Cynthia Wedel
Alexandria
U.S
Olof Sunby
Lutheran Church of Sweden
J. Miguez-Bonino
Union Theological Seminary
Buenos Aires
Argentina
South America
Liberation
Tahibonar Simatupang
Indonesia
Indonesian Christian Church
Indonesian